Why is AI still so hard to implement in hospitals?—with Mika Newton

AI has the potential to transform healthcare, but adoption remains slow. Outdated IT infrastructure, strict data policies, high implementation costs, and concerns around bias and model performance all stand in the way. Scaling AI in hospitals requires more than just promising tools – it demands infrastructure that supports ongoing governance, transparency, and real-world impact.
For a summary and key takeaways, visit: https://xcures.com/ai-and-healthcare/highlights/ai-in-hospitals/

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00:00 Introduction
01:42 Patient Data and Safety Concerns
02:09 AI Performance and Bias Issues
04:24 The Swiss Cheese Model of Medical Errors
07:26 AI Governance and Lifecycle Management

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— ABOUT AI AND HEALTHCARE —
AI and Healthcare—with Mika Newton and Dr. Sanjay Juneja, is an engaging interview series featuring world-renowned leaders shaping the intersection of artificial intelligence and medicine. Discover how AI is transforming healthcare today, addressing real-world challenges and improving patient outcomes.

This series caters to anyone’s listening style with bite-sized, commute-friendly insights and full-length interviews. Join co-hosts Mika Newton, CEO of xCures, and Dr. Sanjay Juneja, a globally recognized oncologist and AI thought leader at Tempus AI, as they explore cutting-edge innovations with industry pioneers.

— ABOUT PELU TRAN —
Cofounder and CEO of Ferrum Health, Pelu is a serial healthcare entrepreneur living in San Francisco. Pelu studied both medicine and engineering at Stanford University and was four months away from receiving his MD when he dropped out to start his first company.

As founder of Augmedix, now a publicly traded company, Pelu led the product and commercial teams, growing the company to over 1,000 employees in five countries and $20M in annual revenue from over half of the largest health systems in the US. After watching his uncle pass away from a preventable medical error, Pelu founded Ferrum Health, an enterprise AI deployment platform with the mission of improving patient outcomes by democratizing health systems’ access to the most innovative and impactful clinical AI technologies from around the world.

Pelu is Technology Pioneer and Expert Contributor for the World Economic Forum, a Fellow of the UN World Summit on Innovation, a member of Forbes’ Healthcare 30 under 30, and an Aspen Institute Scholar. He has spoken on Voice of America, Stanford Medicine 25, Rock Health Summit, Forbes 30 under 30 Summit, Health 2.0, State of Reform, and Citi Digital Health Forum. He guest lectures at UC Berkeley, UCSF, and Stanford on healthcare leadership and innovation.

— ABOUT MIKA NEWTON —
With over 25 years of leadership experience in life sciences, Mika Newton is the CEO of xCures, a health technology company that has created an AI-enabled, medical records data structuring platform.

Mika is an expert in healthcare data management, with a focus on data completeness and universality. Mika is on the editorial board of AI in Precision Oncology and has a proven track record of bringing transformative technologies to market and fostering innovation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikanewton/

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Views expressed by Mr Newton and guests are solely their own and are not attributable to xCures, Tempus, or any of our guests’ affiliations.